Game Blog

Welcome to another look into the near future. Last month’s gentle start to the Summer Game Drought has given way to a full-blown, apocalypse-level dearth of new titles for July. El Niño may be deluging parts of the United States that have been drought-stricken for the better part of a decade, but his expertise in rain doesn’t do diddly with regard to the games industry.

Not too long ago, tabletop gaming was completely dominated by the game that essentially started the RPG genre way back in 1977: Dungeons & Dragons. While there have been alternative tabletop rules systems for decades, D&D was so synonymous with tabletop gaming that its name became the default for the activity, much like “playing Nintendo” was 1980’s vernacular for anything videogame related.

Last year’s E3 is a tough act to follow with regard to how NOT to do E3, despite hosting the debuts of two 8th Generation consoles and the accompanying hype. Every press conference last year essentially amounted to a company spokesman coming on stage, taking a dump, then pointing at the steaming mound and singing, “Tada!” So...

Our friends in Poland are gearing up to shake the foundations of Lord GabeN’s Steampowered throne with the upcoming release of their very own game client. While GOG has been around for a while, their DRM-free philosophy prevented them from shackling their (old and Indie) games with any kind of mandatory client. The entirely-...